The
Stamford Historical Society Presents

Law & Order: The
History of the Stamford Police Department 1830-1956
a 2004 Exhibit and more

Police
Blotters 1899-1934

The
data below were assembled from the annual reports issued by the city.
Since then, we have been notified that actual Complaint Books – large
bound folios – do exist. They were rescued by the Police Department
from a dumpster. One of them is on view in the exhibit. Note the typo
on the cover.

The chart
below represents all charges listed between 1899 and 1934, the last
year these statistics were included in the reports. Reports
from some early years are missing.